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Teacher Assistants
Teacher assistants provide instructional and clerical support for classroom teachers, allowing teachers more time for lesson planning and teaching. They support and assist children in learning class material using the teacher's lesson plans, providing students... ... more
Academic Programs of Interest for Teacher Assistants
Education
In North America the degree is awarded for courses taken that generally last two years (one year in some Canadian universities). To gain the qualification the student... more
Teacher Education
A teacher's professional duties may extend beyond formal teaching. Outside of the classroom teachers may accompany students on field trips, supervise study halls, help with the organization... more
Preschool Teachers
Preschool teachers nurture, teach, and care for children who have not yet entered kindergarten. They provide early childhood care and education through a variety of teaching strategies. They teach children, usually aged 3 to 5,... ... more
Academic Programs of Interest for Preschool Teachers
Early Childhood Education
Early childhood education (ECE) is a pedagogical approach to cover the education of children from the period from birth to six years of age. Although early childhood... more
Education
In North America the degree is awarded for courses taken that generally last two years (one year in some Canadian universities). To gain the qualification the student... more
Teacher Education
A teacher's professional duties may extend beyond formal teaching. Outside of the classroom teachers may accompany students on field trips, supervise study halls, help with the organization... more
Instructional Coordinators
Instructional coordinators—also known as curriculum specialists, personnel development specialists, instructional coaches, or directors of instructional material—play a large role in improving the quality of education in the classroom. They develop curricula, select textbooks and other... ... more
Academic Programs of Interest for Instructional Coordinators
Education
In North America the degree is awarded for courses taken that generally last two years (one year in some Canadian universities). To gain the qualification the student... more
Education Administrators
Successful operation of an educational institution requires competent administrators. Education administrators provide instructional leadership and manage the day-to-day activities in schools, preschools, day care centers, and colleges and universities. They also direct the educational programs... ... more
Academic Programs of Interest for Education Administrators
Education
In North America the degree is awarded for courses taken that generally last two years (one year in some Canadian universities). To gain the qualification the student... more
Public Administration
Public Administration can be broadly described as the development, implementation and study of government policy. Public Administration is linked to pursuing the public good by enhancing civil... more
Teacher Education
A teacher's professional duties may extend beyond formal teaching. Outside of the classroom teachers may accompany students on field trips, supervise study halls, help with the organization... more
Vocational Teachers
Nature of the Work Vocational education teachers, commonly called career and technical education (CTE) teachers or career-technology teachers, instruct and train students to work in a wide variety of fields. Career and technical education courses... ... more
Academic Programs of Interest for Vocational Teachers
Education
In North America the degree is awarded for courses taken that generally last two years (one year in some Canadian universities). To gain the qualification the student... more
Secondary Education and Teaching
Secondary school teachers may specialize in such areas as mathematics, English, French, special education or second language instruction. Secondary school teachers of vocational and trades subjects may... more
Teacher Education
A teacher's professional duties may extend beyond formal teaching. Outside of the classroom teachers may accompany students on field trips, supervise study halls, help with the organization... more
Preschool and Childcare Center Directors
Preschool and childcare center directors held about 60,800 jobs in 2020. The largest employers of preschool and childcare center directors were as follows:Child day care services - 64%Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations -... ... more
Academic Programs of Interest for Preschool and Childcare Center Directors
Child Care
Child Care Professionals are specially trained to understand child development. They learn how to provide guidance to children and how to create stimulating environments for children to... more
Child Development
Child development is the study or examination of mechanisms that operate during the biological and psychological process of growth of a child to adolescence, from dependency to... more
Education
In North America the degree is awarded for courses taken that generally last two years (one year in some Canadian universities). To gain the qualification the student... more
Public Administration
Public Administration can be broadly described as the development, implementation and study of government policy. Public Administration is linked to pursuing the public good by enhancing civil... more
Teacher Education
A teacher's professional duties may extend beyond formal teaching. Outside of the classroom teachers may accompany students on field trips, supervise study halls, help with the organization... more
Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Teachers
Teachers play an important role in fostering the intellectual and social development of children during their formative years. The education that students acquire is key to determining the future of those students. Whether in elementary... ... more
Academic Programs of Interest for Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Teachers
Arabic
The term "Arabic" may refer with equal accuracy to either literary Arabic or the many localized varieties of Arabic commonly called "colloquial Arabic". Arabs consider literary Arabic... more
Business Education
Business education is the enterprise of education directed at the study and research of the field of business. It includes secondary education and higher education or university... more
Canadian Studies
Canadian Studies is a Collegiate study of Canadian culture, Canadian languages, literature, Quebec, agriculture, history, and their government and politics. Most universities recommend that students take a... more
Chinese
About one-sixth of the world's population, or over 1 billion people, speak some form of Chinese as their native language. The standardized form of spoken Chinese is... more
Classics
Classics or Classical Studies is the branch of the Humanities dealing with the languages, literature, history, art, and other aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world; especially Ancient... more
Comparative Literature
Comparative literature is critical scholarship dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups. While most frequently practiced with works of different... more
Education
In North America the degree is awarded for courses taken that generally last two years (one year in some Canadian universities). To gain the qualification the student... more
English
As a broad program of study, the English Major provides students with an opportunity to analyze works of literature and film originally written in English. Such an... more
English Composition
Many universities have a required freshman, or first-year, composition course. This is not always the same as a literature course, which focuses on literary analysis and interpretation;... more
English Literature
The term English Literature refers to the study of literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph... more
French
French is a descendant of the Latin of the Roman Empire, as are languages such as Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Romanian, and Portuguese. Its development was also influenced... more
German
German is one of the world's major languages and is closely related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by roughly... more
Japanese
Japanese is a language spoken by over 130 million people, in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities around the world. It is an agglutinative language and is... more
Music History
The field of music history, or sometimes historical musicology, is the highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies the composition, performance, reception, and... more
Physical Education
A physical education student must like to work with people, be adequately skilled in physical activities, have a commitment to fitness and be interested in the physical,... more
Secondary Education and Teaching
Secondary school teachers may specialize in such areas as mathematics, English, French, special education or second language instruction. Secondary school teachers of vocational and trades subjects may... more
Spanish
Spanish is a Romance language originally from the northern area of Spain. From there, its use gradually spread inside the Kingdom of Castile, where it evolved and... more
Teacher Education
A teacher's professional duties may extend beyond formal teaching. Outside of the classroom teachers may accompany students on field trips, supervise study halls, help with the organization... more
Special Education Teachers, Middle School
Special education teachers work with children and youths who have a variety of disabilities. A small number of special education teachers work with students with severe cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities, primarily teaching them life... ... more
Academic Programs of Interest for Special Education Teachers, Middle School
American Sign Language
American Sign Language is the dominant sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in parts of Mexico.... more
Education
In North America the degree is awarded for courses taken that generally last two years (one year in some Canadian universities). To gain the qualification the student... more
Special Education
Special education is instruction that is modified or particularized for those students with special needs, such as learning differences, mental health problems, specific disabilities (physical or developmental),... more
Teacher Education
A teacher's professional duties may extend beyond formal teaching. Outside of the classroom teachers may accompany students on field trips, supervise study halls, help with the organization... more
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
Self-enrichment teachers provide instruction on a wide variety of subjects that students take for fun or self-improvement. Some teach classes that provide students with useful life skills, such as cooking, personal finance, and time management.... ... more
